# 2019–20 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

The 2019–20 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was head coach Karen Aston's eighth season at Texas. The Longhorns were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center.
The Longhorns finished the season 19–11, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in third place. The Big 12 Tournament, NCAA women's basketball tournament and WNIT were all cancelled before they began due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Previous season

The Longhorns finished the season 23–10, 12–6 in Big 12 play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinal game of the Big 12 women's basketball tournament where they lost to Iowa State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, as a 10th seed in the Portland Regional, where they lost to 7th seed Indiana in the first round.

## Offseason
### Recruits

College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Celeste Taylor G | Valley Stream, NY | Long Island Lutheran | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | N/A |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: ||||||
Sources:

## Schedule

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 28, 2019* 7:00 p.m., LHN | No. 15 | Lubbock Christian | W 83–73 | – | Frank Erwin Center (–) Austin, TX |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 8, 2019* 6:00 p.m. | No. 15 | at USF | L 57–64 | 0–1 | Yuengling Center (2,289) Tampa, FL |
| November 14, 2019* 7:00 p.m., LHN | No. 22 | UTSA | W 84–53 | 1–1 | Frank Erwin Center (2,913) Austin, TX |
| November 17, 2019* 1:00 p.m., LHN | No. 22 | Arizona | L 58–83 | 1–2 | Frank Erwin Center (3,147) Austin, TX |
| November 20, 2019* 11:00 a.m., LHN | | UTRGV | W 85–69 | 2–2 | Frank Erwin Center (7,233) Austin, TX |
| November 24, 2019* 1:00 p.m., LHN | | Southern | W 93–39 | 3–2 | Frank Erwin Center (2,714) Austin, TX |
| November 29, 2019* 6:30 p.m. | | vs. No. 12 NC State Heineken Rainbow Wahine Showdown | L 73–84 | 3–3 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
| November 30, 2019* 4:00 p.m. | | vs. North Texas Heineken Rainbow Wahine Showdown | W 63–57 | 4–3 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
| December 1, 2019* 6:30 p.m., Bigwest.tv | | at Hawaii Heineken Rainbow Wahine Showdown | L 60–73 | 4–4 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
| December 8, 2019* 1:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | at No. 17 Tennessee Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge | W 66–60 | 5–4 | Thompson–Boling Arena (9,371) Knoxville, TN |
| December 18, 2019* 7:00 p.m., LHN | | Ohio | W 73–60 | 6–4 | Frank Erwin Center (3,012) Austin, TX |
| December 22, 2019* 12:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | No. 1 Stanford | W 69–64 | 7–4 | Frank Erwin Center (3,952) Austin, TX |
| December 29, 2019* 1:00 p.m, LHN | No. 25 | Northwestern State | W 91–49 | 8–4 | Frank Erwin Center (2.999) Austin, TX |
| Big 12 regular season ||||||
| January 3, 2020 6:00 p.m., LHN | No. 25 | TCU | L 63–65 | 8–5 (0–1) | Frank Erwin Center (3,502) Austin, TX |
| January 6, 2020 8:00 p.m., FS1 | | at Iowa State | W 81–75 | 9–5 (1–1) | Hilton Coliseum (9,259) Ames, IA |
| January 12, 2020 12:00 p.m., FSN | | at No. 19 West Virginia | L 63–68 | 9–6 (1–2) | Frank Erwin Center (3,477) Austin, TX |
| January 15, 2020 7:00 p.m., LHN | | Texas Tech | W 92–66 | 10–6 (2–2) | Frank Erwin Center (2,797) Austin, TX |
| January 19, 2020 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Kansas State | W 71–63 | 11–6 (3–2) | Bramlage Coliseum (4,287) Manhattan, KS |
| January 22, 2020 7:00 p.m., LHN | | Kansas | W 85–77 | 12–6 (4–2) | Frank Erwin Center (2,756) Austin, TX |
| January 25, 2020 1:00 p.m., FSN | | at Oklahoma State | W 61–56 | 13–6 (5–2) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,793) Stillwater, OK |
| January 28, 2020 7:00 p.m., FSN | | at Oklahoma | W 70–53 | 14–6 (6–2) | Lloyd Noble Center (1,736) Norman, OK |
| January 31, 2020 6:00 p.m., FS1 | | No. 2 Baylor | L 44–64 | 14–7 (6–3) | Frank Erwin Center (6,456) Austin, TX |
| February 9, 2020 1:00 p.m., ESPNU | | at Texas Tech | W 81–66 | 15–7 (7–3) | United Supermarkets Arena (4,783) Lubbock, TX |
| February 12, 2020 7:00 p.m., LHN | | Iowa State | L 51–69 | 15–8 (7–4) | Frank Erwin Center (2,886) Austin, TX |
| February 15, 2020 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Kansas | L 67–82 | 15–9 (7–5) | Allen Fieldhouse (2,072) Lawrence, KS |
| February 17, 2020 7:30 p.m., FS1 | | West Virginia | W 50–44 | 16–9 (8–5) | Frank Erwin Center (2,838) Austin, TX |
| February 22, 2020 12:00 p.m., LHN | | Kansas State | L 54–60 | 16–10 (8–6) | Frank Erwin Center (3,392) Austin, TX |
| February 26, 2020 6:30 p.m., FSSW+ | | at No. 25 TCU | W 77–67 | 17–10 (9–6) | Schollmaier Arena (2,605) Fort Worth, TX |
| February 29, 2020 7:00 p.m., LHN | | Oklahoma | W 86–76 | 18–10 (10–6) | Frank Erwin Center (3,543) Austin, TX |
| March 5, 2020 7:30 p.m., FS1 | | at No. 2 Baylor | L 53–69 | 18–11 (10–7) | Ferrell Center (9,336) Waco, TX |
| March 8, 2020 11:30 a.m., LHN | | Oklahoma State | W 63–52 | 19–11 (11–7) | Frank Erwin Center (4,073) Austin, TX |
| Big 12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 13, 2020 7:30 pm, FSN | (3) | vs. (6) West Virginia Quarterfinals | Canceled | Canceled | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP does not release a poll after the NCAA tournament, but the Coaches poll does.

## 2019–20 media
### Television and radio information

Most University of Texas home games were shown on the Longhorn Network, with national telecasts on the Big 12 Conference's television partners. On the radio, women's basketball games aired on KTXX-HD4 "105.3 The Bat", with select games on KTXX-FM 104.9.